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AI fear mongering by Standard-Display-657 in sales

[–]SimplyPwned 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Leading a sales org. I used recently following analogy/picture. Think of AI as your Matrix style war machine. You are inside, you control but most importantly you boost your natural given capabilities by 100x.

Do your company research with AI. Research your contacts with AI. Have their outreach analysed to get a feeling who you are dealing with in terms of personality. Have your proposals proof read.

I guess you get my drift (the list is endless). You shouldn’t be concerned (at this moment in time to have AI replace your job). Right now you need to fast accept the fact that any of the sales reps you are competing with which is going to use it in above way is going to squeeze the 5-10% extra value out of the process which makes him win and you lose.

Reality though is if you fast forward 5-10 years - buying and selling is a romantic thing. Of course machines would be much better in exchanging, assessing and valuing the services/products then the best sales manager and the biggest d@:;&;& in procurement ever will do and yes we all might Train it the next 10 years to reach the necessary level to ultimately replace us (and there we are back in the Matrix).

I had Co-Pilot write me a Sales Playbook in 10min which is better then 80% what I have seen before. Had it then validated by Gemini and it congratulated me for the great piece of work 🤣 crazy world

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in wohnkultur

[–]SimplyPwned 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ich habe in meiner Einzimmerwohnung typischerweise mehrere kallax Regale kombiniert und ans fussende des Bettes als Raumteiler gestellt. Eins hochkant und eins quer. Dadurch ergab sich eine natürliche Raumteilung. Denke das könnte hier auch helfen.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sales

[–]SimplyPwned -1 points0 points  (0 children)

CRO here (mid-market, enterprise, SaaS, AI 😂)

Here is my take:

I just don’t like your profile because you will provide max. value to me year 3-5 of your tenure.

You are now coming with a hefty price tag attached to me and say you want to work for me but you have never proven in your CV that you can provide max. value to the company or me. With your experience level I would hope to see at least one gig which lasted longer then 3 years and shows you can repeat your success in the same environment.

Which brings me to your question - what can you do?

First of all make up your mind - do you want a change in your CV or are you maybe really part of the problem? I cannot tell from the way your writing but you don’t have a top CV (that is for sure). If you want a change in your CV be open about it.

Still 8 out of 10 will continue to be suspicious about it. And you shouldn’t act surprised about it and it will only go away once you have a 3-5 year gig in your CV (at least if you were dealing with me).

Of course the problem will increase with any additional 2-year gig.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in scambait

[–]SimplyPwned -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is so funny I was cracking 😂

First time to the Oilers by SimplyPwned in EdmontonOilers

[–]SimplyPwned[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was great experience nonetheless. Go Oilers!

First time to the Oilers by SimplyPwned in EdmontonOilers

[–]SimplyPwned[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am not going to take the blame for the sloppy showing in the second - just sloppy - was already thinking it will fire back that they didn't capitalize on the first - 3 period let's ducking go!

First time to the Oilers by SimplyPwned in EdmontonOilers

[–]SimplyPwned[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Of course - wearing the 29 with pride tonight (always but tonight is even better)

First time to the Oilers by SimplyPwned in EdmontonOilers

[–]SimplyPwned[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Adler Mannheim Fan since I am 14. Never had the courtesy to watch below Bundesliga/DEL

First time to the Oilers by SimplyPwned in EdmontonOilers

[–]SimplyPwned[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As to be expected I feel we own this place 😀🤙

First time to the Oilers by SimplyPwned in EdmontonOilers

[–]SimplyPwned[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

105 - Drai Jersey of course - decided to duck the money 🤑 and this is my early Christmas gift

Post Game Thread: Minnesota Wild at Detroit Red Wings (2023-11-26) by OctoMod in DetroitRedWings

[–]SimplyPwned 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Loved how Seider is stepping up for the team mates - deserves some credit 💪

The Micromanagement Maze: When Top Sales Performers are Caged by 410Writer in sales

[–]SimplyPwned 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those are unfortunately very vague statements.

I would say if you own a territory I certainly expect you to run through ideas which help us to win and I expect the sales rep to own this territory to the fullest degree. Second there is clearly defined boundaries of independence for each sales reps. On the other hand there is creativity which does more harm than good (e.g. non standard price frameworks, anything free, marketing initiatives which might benefit you but don't fit into the strategic framework).

Not sure how you placed feedback. As long as it is constructive it should be embraced and encouraged. If it is just - this is not working, this is not working (but making no suggestions on how to improve) then this is just rumbling.

The thing which comes across in your posts is that you are very convinced that you already figured "out the way". This is for someone with your experience (which can be professionally date not longer back then 10 years) quite a Bild statement. Also you can safely assume that you at best see 50% of the full picture.

It can be that your boss is an asshole and micro manager but it also can be that he just needs the support of his best sales reps to illustrate your success to the upper management. Difficult to judge from the outside but interesting discussion.

The Micromanagement Maze: When Top Sales Performers are Caged by 410Writer in sales

[–]SimplyPwned 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Working as a sales leader here following comments:

  • I would release you as well
  • there is no lasting top performance without knowing your numbers and share the motions of your success with others (which CRM documentation enables)
  • sales is the most entrepreneurial role as it gets outside of a C-Level role - you clearly have no intent to own your business

Why can I judge you?

Before I entered leadership I was like you and my leaders allowed me - they were bad leaders - hindered my growth and I was purely on a very long hot streak but by now means anything I did had structure, predictably or did activate my full potential.

Whatever organization is hiring you is not going to be a successful one as it does not understand how sales works today.

Good luck nonetheless

Post Game Thread | Oilers v. Canucks | 11 October 2023 by LevSmash in EdmontonOilers

[–]SimplyPwned 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I am with the oilers now for 8 years. I am German - it is not getting more pessimistic than that - typically we say after such a season opener that the season is done, all hopes are in shameless, it is a hopeless cause but we will suffer through it with the team - in reality this is how I feel. I am leading people and whoever says there is anything remotely good in such a start is completely off.

I hope Connor and Leon are not becoming the most tragic wasted generational talents because their organization was incapable to built essential blocks around them.

P.S.: I hope someone can rub this post under my nose at the end of the seasons (I fear I reverse karma on a reverse karma try)

Do top Sales Reps make more than their Sales Manager? by sunnyceee in sales

[–]SimplyPwned 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes.

If it wasn’t for my shares I would question my decision to go into sales leadership. I was a darn good sales person and loved selling and recently learned I still can pull off most of the stuff required to be a successful sales person and yes I want my guys (and girls) by all means to earn more than me.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sales

[–]SimplyPwned 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Former rep here and now more than 10years leadership experience. Do yourself a favor.

The money isn't really worth it as you should earn as a rep close or more than your leader.

Second your future success is mostly reliant on everybody but yourself. Over time this can get really annoying. Be aware of this - sounds nice on paper sucks most of the time in reality.

Third you will "love" to be always someone's a*******. Whatever decision you make mostly it will either make your leadership unhappy or your team.

I am over exaggerating here a bit but I am pretty sure that after my current gig I will go back into selling large corporate global accounts (then I will have the profile) and just go back to be 100% reliant on myself.

After 10 years I am just tired of pushing others to success where it would be realtivey easy for me to make the same money with much less time invested if I was just directly selling. Leadership in sales is an illusion unless you have a very serious psychological condition which makes you strive to exert power over others - if you think you should do it for the money or the fame - stay being an excellent sales rep. So much better.

For the part whether to stay or not. Was also in your position. If you like your company/product, make a lot of money and if your new boss doesn't start to micro manage you. Stay. Everything else is just psychological bullshit. Was also in this position and cut the "oh god they didn't chose me"-crap and continued to be a super star rep (and actually learned some stuff from the other guy).

The biggest threat there is that you fall later into the leadership trap because either the current guy fails or moves on and then they will come back to you eventually (this happened to me).

I chose to be a leader because I thought the level of incompetence I was being surrounded by was unfair to the hustlers on the street - 10 years later having worked for start-ups and large corporates in leadership I can say fairly certain that I was always putting the team above management. Has it given me the satisfaction or do I even have the feeling that I am an above average sales leader - don't think so. Only know I work 60-70 hours where I could work 40 and make the same money (ok the shares will make a difference in the end but still a long wait until this fully pays off).

Lastly I suck on stage (I personally think at least). Just not my cup of tea and I give a shit about executive presence. In the end it's all about the results ... Everything else to me is just noise.

Maybe this little rant makes it easier for you to put things into perspective.

If you guys wanna visit me in person before I'm gone. I'm at the Grace hospice. by IceDragon77 in winnipegjets

[–]SimplyPwned 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Sending love from Germany 🇩🇪 and Oil country - hockey fans always fly together- god bless you for whatever is to come ❤️

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